History

For years, Quiksilver and Roxy have been actively engaged in charitable activities, both locally and globally. Quiksilver recognises the concept of corporate social responsibility and benevolence. We want our philanthropic work to have impact beyond what we do as one company and believe that we can do this by coordinating the support of other organizations and individuals. The Quiksilver Foundation was formed to bring all of Quiksilver’s charitable giving under one umbrella. The Foundation commenced its activities as a private foundation in October of 2004.

With offices in Europe, Australia and America, Quiksilver has the capability of reaching people worldwide. Quiksilver has the vision of making a difference to community and environment through the Quiksilver Foundation.

The Quiksilver Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to benefiting and enhancing the quality of life for communities of boardriders across the world by supporting environmental, educational, health and youth-related projects.

The Quiksilver Foundation has a commitment to improve the quality of all our lives.

We desire to benefit:

Local Communities, including schools, local charities through support and outreach programs;

Major special projects and organizations sharing our focus on children, education, science, oceans and the environment.

Foundation projects

Surf and Hope

Surf and Hope is a foundation created by the professional surfers Lee-Ann Curren and Andre Silva, to educate and help kids from poor areas to start surfing and use this sport as a way out of streets, poverty, drugs, etc.

Touched by the misery and the numerous plags which threaten the kid’s life, Lee Ann took her camera to tell the everyday life of these rejected kids. Besides she also tries to gather funds to offer to the favela’s children surfboards as an alternative to delinquency.

To reach her goals, Lee Ann decided to collect, during her trips, a unique collection of surfboards having belonged to prestigious owners such as Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore, Jérémy Florès, Mick Fanning, and Tom Curren and so on. Then, she sells the surfboards to raise money for its foundation.

If the project is working well, André and Lee Ann will try to extend it to other poor surf areas, like Mexico, Caribbean, Morocco…